Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0857. PoCs published by Brock Tellier.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a symbolic link vulnerability in gdc (gated debug client) to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. By creating a symlink in /var/tmp/gated_dump pointing to a critical file (e.g., /etc/master.passwd), an attacker can cause gdc to overwrite the target file when run by a privileged user.
Description
FreeBSD gdc program allows local users to modify files via a symlink attack.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a symbolic link vulnerability in gdc (gated debug client) to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. By creating a symlink in /var/tmp/gated_dump pointing to a critical file (e.g., /etc/master.passwd), an attacker can cause gdc to overwrite the target file when run by a privileged user.